2009 Football Roster

OL

Appeared
in 51 games at Florida and made 43 starts for the Gators…2013: Voted a
team captain for the 2013 season by his teammates…Missed the first two games of
the season while recovering from a torn pectoral suffered during the
summer…Recovered and started the final 10 games of the season at right guard…2012:Started
in every game at right guard…A Phil Steele Midseason All-SEC Second Team and
Midseason All-American Third-Team honoree…Named the SEC Offensive Lineman of
the Week after Vanderbilt game…Graded out above 80 percent eight times,
including three games over 90 percent (TAMU, LSU, FSU)…Named a 2012 team
captain…2011: A key unit to Florida’s offensive line, as he started
every game of the 2011 season at right guard…Only member of the
Gators’offensive line to start every game at the same position on the year…2010:
Played in 12 games for the Gators, starting at right guard in seven
games…Named to the 2010 SEC All-Freshman Team…Named to the 2010 Sporting News
All-Freshman Team…Was sidelined for the Mississippi State game with an
injury…Graded out a Champion in Florida’s games vs. Kentucky and Georgia…Made
his first-career start in the season opener at right guard and started in UF’s
victory over USF…2009: Received a medical redshirt...Played in three
games his freshman season for the Gators, including Charleston Southern, Troy
and in the SEC matchup with Kentucky in Lexington.

PRIOR TO
FLORIDA:

Played
all five positions on the offensive line…Named First-Team All-Pinellas County
as a senior as was referred to “an immovable object on the line” by the St.
Petersburg Times…Also played on defensive line for St. Petersburg
Catholic…Played in the Pinellas County All-Star Game…Aims to lower his 40-yard
dash time from 5.1 to 4.9 before he arrives in Gainesville…Has a vertical jump
of 26-1/2 inches…Bench presses 340 pounds and squats 515 pounds…Was named the
Offensive Lineman Most Valuable Player at the Gainesville NIKE Camp…Has a 3.0
GPA…Chose to play for the Gators over Colorado and Notre Dame…Coached by Tod
Creneti.